Forming Bridges Of Voice

Written to implement courage and strength in all women young and old who seek healthy relationships with men who truly care, and with people who want to share

                          We shall be heard

Out of the silence, I heard a voice saying

  “You shall be heard, your voice counts”

        I was trembling with excitement!

My mind told me someone was listening

   accepting my morsels of reality and wisdom 

 

                     Our feminine intuition

                        is our inheritance

                     Our native legacy,  

                     Our secret garden

 

       Grapevines of many women’s voices

singing the same songs, crying the same tears

           in the battlefields of equality

    Systems of selfish, male egos who want  to

                        hush our tones

                Because we cry real tears,

                Because we have real feelings

 

 

            We are movers, we are shakers

                  We will not be silenced

                 by those types of men who cannot

                           accept equality

 

                Those who are threatened

    by our feminine strengths and intuitions

               We shall not have sawdust in our veins

                      or grit in our throats

            Self esteem  shall  be the blood  

                    coursing through our hearts

               
         For we have rightfully earned our places

       where our voices shall be listened to ….

                      strong and clear

 

         We are not society’s jaded victims

                    or simply observers

              We choose to be alive

              We choose to be heard

         Respected in fairness and honesty

 

 We are givers and receivers of life’s wisdom and love

                   We are all warriors, not victims

Thriving to be with those who truly love and share  

            Marching side by side with men

             and with those who truly care!

 

 By LadeeAnne

Anne P Murray ~2011

 

 

Reviews

[Tom Benson]

I am but a mere man ... and I found this uplifting so goodness only knows what the female of the species will think of it.
In the latter part of my military career I was a Troop Staff Sergeant (Gunny in U.S. terminology) and among my soldiers I had a few of the fairer sex. They were treated just like their male counterparts by me. At one point for about 18 months my Troop Commander was a woman.

Why mention these things? Not to justify a great poem, but to let readers see that women already have their rightful place out there and only dinosaurs try to make it look different. Now stepping off my soap box ... Great write Anne.